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By Sarah Larimer June 19 Free to State: The Future of the First Amendment The Washington Post hosts entertainers, journalists, technology experts and leaders in government to discuss the future of The First Amendment

Comedian Patton Oswalt, whistleblower Christopher Wylie, ACLU President Susan Herman, FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly and Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio are just some of the many guests speaking live, on-stage exploring free speech and the First Amendment in a diverse and modern democracy

This second annual "Free to State" program features discussions about net neutrality, the evolution of "political correctness," political satire, free speech on college campuses and more

Posted by Washington Post on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 As colleges and universities have confronted whether to let controversial figures on their campuses, the leader of a top free-speech group Tuesday argued that the speeches should be allowed even amid the threat of protests

"Speech is still protected, even if it might elicit a violent reaction," said Suzanne Nossel, chief executive of PEN America

"This is one of the things that's come under debate because universities have to spend a lot of money at times to secure events by highly controversial speakers

Our view is, yeah, they need to spend the money." Does the potential for substantial disruption and violence from protestors change what speech is protected on campus? #FreeToState— Caitlin McBride (@thenightlands) June 19, 2018  Colleges have faced difficult, high-profile choices on free-speech matters, particularly following the August mayhem at the University of Virginia, where white nationalist Richard Spencer rallied torch-bearing followers

The group's march through the U-Va. campus was part of a weekend of violence in Charlottesville

The conflict over free speech was also highlighted in October, when protesters at the University of Florida drowned out a speech by Spencer

.@RuthMarcus asks @JessePanuccioFL & @SuzanneNossel about NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem and about free speech cases on college campuses as forms of protest

#FreeToState pic.twitter.com/XnUeSSnwfE— Washington Post Live (@postlive) June 19, 2018 Nossel made her comments at a Washington Post Live event on free speech, where she sat on a panel with Susan N

Herman, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, and acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio

"My view is clear," Nossel said. "The potential for violence is not grounds for shutting down speech

There can become a threshold where an event cannot be secured, absolutely cannot be secured, with the most serious precautions possible

And that might be a different instance. But that's very rare." Nossel said the best choice colleges can make is to allow controversial speakers to come to campus and to use the event as an opportunity to send a message

 It can then be important for university leadership to speak out. "It's better to let them come, have their moment, let the protest proceed but without disrupting their speech, and then they don't get the validation," Nossel said

"They can't sue. They don't get to grandstand. And the moment passes. And I think that's actually where we are now

" Panuccio said peaceful protest of incendiary figures, which does not escalate to violence, is "valid exercise of speech

" But if a protest shuts down an event, he said, that could become problematic. "There's always a balance there," he said

"But I think generally, the answer to speech you don't like is more speech." .@JessePanuccioFL talks about free speech cases on college campuses, particularly the recent lawsuit against the University of Michigan claiming its anti-harassment code violates First Amendment rights

#FreeToState pic.twitter.com/OUZxYbqTRs— Washington Post Live (@postlive) June 19, 2018